PhD. Candidate, Entomology (graduate minor Biostatistics)

University of Minnesota

Saint Paul, MN

Current - 2018

• Working on Bayesian network models & interactive visualization platforms
• University Graduate Fellow

M.S., Entomology

University of Minnesota

Saint Paul, MN

2018 - 2016

B.S., Biology, Environmental Studies (minor Secondary Education)

Luther College

Decorah, IA

2012 - 2008

• Thesis: An agent based model of Diel Vertical Migration patterns of Mysis diluviana

Graduate Research Assistant

TBILab (Yaomin Xu’s Lab)

Vanderbilt University

Current - 2015

• Primarily working with large EHR and Biobank datasets.
• Developing network-based methods to investigate and visualize clinically relevant patterns in data.

Data Science Researcher

Data Science Lab

Johns Hopkins University

2018 - 2017

• Building R Shiny applications in the contexts of wearables and statistics education.
• Work primarily done in R Shiny and Javascript (node and d3js).

Undergraduate Researcher

Rubenstein Ecosystems Science Laboratory

University of Vermont

2015 - 2013

• Analyzed and visualized data for CATOS fish tracking project.
• Head of data mining project to establish temporal trends in population densities of Mysis diluviana (Mysis).
• Ran project to mathematically model the migration patterns of Mysis (honors thesis project.)

Human Computer Interaction Researcher

LabInTheWild (Reineke Lab)

University of Michigan

2015 - 2015

• Led development and implementation of interactive data visualizations to help users compare themselves to other demographics.

Undergraduate Researcher

Bentil Laboratory

University of Vermont

2014 - 2013

• Developed mathematical model to predict the transport of sulfur through the environment with applications in waste cleanup.

Research Assistant

Adair Laboratory

University of Vermont

2013 - 2012

• Independently analyzed and constructed statistical models for large data sets pertaining to carbon decomposition rates.

Data Journalist - Graphics Department

New York Times

New York, New York

2016 - 2016

• Reporter with the graphics desk covering topics in science, politics, and sport.
• Work primarily done in R, Javascript, and Adobe Illustrator.

Engineering Intern - User Experience

Dealer.com

Burlington, VT

2015 - 2015

• Built internal tool to help analyze and visualize user interaction with back-end products.

Data Science Intern

Dealer.com

Burlington, VT

2015 - 2015

• Worked with the product analytics team to help parse and visualize large stores of data to drive business decisions.

Data Artist In Residence

Conduce

Carpinteria, CA

2015 - 2014

• Envisioned, prototyped and implemented visualization framework in the course of one month.
• Constructed training protocol for bringing third parties up to speed with new protocol.

Software Engineering Intern

Conduce

Carpinteria, CA

2014 - 2014

• Incorporated d3.js to the company’s main software platform.

Javascript for Shiny Users

RStudio::conf 2020

N/A

2020

• Served as TA for two day workshop on how to leverage Javascript in Shiny applications
• Lectured on using R2D3 package to build interactive visualizations.

Data Visualization Best Practices

DataCamp

N/A

2019 - 2019

• Designed from bottom up course to teach best practices for scientific visualizations.
• Uses R and ggplot2.
• In top 10% on platform by popularity.

Improving your visualization in Python

DataCamp

N/A

2019 - 2019

• Designed from bottom up course to teach advanced methods for enhancing visualization.
• Uses python, matplotlib, and seaborn.

Advanced Statistical Learning and Inference

Vanderbilt Biostatistics Department

Nashville, TN

2018 - 2017

• TA and lectured
• Topics covered from penalized regression to boosted trees and neural networks
• Highest level course offered in department

Advanced Statistical Computing

Vanderbilt Biostatistics Department

Nashville, TN

2018 - 2018

• TA and lectured
• Covered modern statistical computing algorithms
• 4th year PhD level class

Statistical Computing in R

Vanderbilt Biostatistics Department

Nashville, TN

2017 - 2017

• TA and lectured
• Covered introduction to R language for statistics applications
• Graduate level class

Great paper? Swipe right on the new ‘Tinder for preprints’ app

Science

N/A

2017 - 2017

• Story of the app Papr made with Jeff Leek and Lucy D’Agostino McGowan.

Swipe right for science: Papr app is ‘Tinder for preprints’

Nature News

N/A

2017 - 2017

• Second press article for app Papr.

The Deeper Story in the Data

University of Vermont Quarterly

N/A

2016 - 2016

• Story on my path post graduation and the power of narrative.

Who’s Speaking at the Republican National Convention?

The New York Times

N/A

2016 - 2016

• Used same data scraping techniques as Who’s Speaking at the Democratic National Convention?

A Trail of Terror in Nice, Block by Block

The New York Times

N/A

2016 - 2016

• Led research effort to put together story of 2016 terrorist attack in Nice, France in less than 12 hours.
• Work won Silver medal at Malofiej 2017, and gold at Society of News and Design.

A guide and toolbox to replicability and open science in entomology.

Journal of Insect Science

N/A

2020

• J. Wittman and B. Aukema

Rail transport as a vector of emerald ash borer

Agricultural and Forest Entomology

N/A

2020

• M. Short, K. Chase, T. Feely, A. Kees, J. Witttman, and B. Aukema

Factors associated with diversity and distribution of buprestid prey captured by foraging Cerceris fumipennis (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae)

Environmental Entomology

N/A

2020

• M. Hallinen, J. Wittman, and B. Aukema